After a mob vandalised Ashoka Emblem at Jammu and Kashmir's Hazratbal Shrine, Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary said, "Attacking...emblem of Emperor Ashoka...is an attack on India." "[This] incident...has angered people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari," he added. "Ashoka Emblem is the national symbol of our country. If anyone damages it, they should be punished," Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said.